LaFayette High FFA teams heighten skills
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LaFayette High FFA Landscape/Nursery competition team members are Dylan Wear, Jason Garner, Austin Barklay and Shelby Rogers.
LaFayette High School FFA Land Evaluation team members are Kyle Newsome, Jason Garner, Shelby Rogers and Austin Barklay. The National FFA Organization Nursery/Landscape Competition was held at North Metro Tech near Acworth, Georgia. Preparation for and participation in FFA Career Development Events (CDE) increases career interest, encourages skill proficiency and develops and recognizes excellence in Nursery/Landscape practices through the agriculture curriculum. Teams are judged and tested in knowledge and skills in various aspects of the Nursery/Landscape industry. FFA members learn to identify over 100 plants commonly used in landscaping as well plant materials, plant disorders and diseases. They are judged on problem solving, design installation and maintenance of landscape plants.
When the LaFayette High School FFA Land Evaluation teams competed in the North Georgia Regional Career Development Events against 36 other schools from across North Georgia, the Senior Skills Team took third place in the competition. Team member Kyle Newsome came in 16th out of 120 in the individual competition.
Ronnie Stephens, FFA advisor and agriculture instructor at LaFayette High said, “Land Judging is designed to develop skills in determining soil characteristics and land capability based upon the different types of soils.” In addition to land classes, students base their decisions upon factors such as slope of the land, topsoil and subsoil thickness, texture and permeability of subsoil, drainage and effective depth in order to determine the best land use.
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